Welcome to the crazy journey of two mamas trying to get their fat bottoms moving and grooving toward a healthier (and hopefully skinnier) life.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Brownies for breakfast

By JennHello blogosphere! Susan has been wonderful getting this all set up for us. You'll probably learn quickly through our writing that I may occasionally have great ideas, but (thankfully) Susan is much more of a "follow-through-er".

So, while Susan has been working hard on getting focused, I have whined about being UNfocused. Ok, that's an understatement. While Susan was working hard on accomplishing a daily goal, I was eating a brownie for breakfast. (Before you jump to conclusions of judgement, think about what you would have done with a perfect corner of brownie staring at you from the counter to your left and a ice cold glass of milk to your right. I'll just bet you would have found it irresistible too!)

These kind of life choices are exactly why I am participating in this new blog adventure. I want to be able to resist the brownie, perhaps not EVERY time (I am still human, after all), but 95% of the time. I want to have the ability to make a batch of enchiladas and not end up eating them straight out of the fridge at 11pm. I want to WANT to get outside and MOVE. I want to be able to walk in to any store and know they carry jeans in my size. Above all, I want to be a person of self-control and discipline. I want to honor God with my spirit, soul AND body.

So, here I am. I'm a living example of Romans 7:15. I don't want to be eating brownies for breakfast. I don't want to be unhealthy. I want to be vibrant, active and loving life both in and out. My actions, however, have not supported a vibrant, active lifestyle.

That is all about to change. I don't know how long it will take. I don't know what all we're going to have to do, but it's going to get done! 2 Timothy 1:7 says "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control." If God's word says it, then we can live it. And if Susan and I can testify to anything, we can testify to this: With God ALL things are possible! (we'll share more of that story later)

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While their husbands chit chatted about football (or whatever else boys talk about) Susan and Jenn bonded over a post-church service piece of pie. 11 years of God-given friendship, 8 plus years of infertility battles and 3 miracle babies later their relationship has grown, as has their (eh-em) bottoms.
With kids crying, laundry piling and husbands "needing" it isn't easy to put forth the effort to lose weight, be healthy or practice thoughtful discipline. But after all we've been through, fat bottoms are the last thing we are going to let keep us down.
Welcome to the crazy journey of two mamas trying to get their fat bottoms moving and grooving toward a healthier (and hopefully skinnier) life.